Top 40 Adam Braun Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “For any movement to gain momentum, it must start with a small action.”

— Adam Braun

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2. “True self-discovery begins where your comfort zone ends.”

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3. “Make your life a story worth telling. You only get one shot at this existence, and one day when you’re gone the most important thing you’ll leave behind is the legacy of the life you lived. Make sure you make it a story you’re proud to have others tell.”

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4. “Creating something new is easy, creating something that lasts is the challenge.”

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5. “You never realize how much you value something until you are faced with the prospect of losing it.”

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6. “I realized that even big waves start with small ripples.”

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7. “That’s when the magic happens- when everyone else is asleep and you’re awake thinking about the world as it is, and the world as it could be. Make the most of those moments.”

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8. “We have every resource necessary to provide access to education for every child on the planet; we just need to commit to enabling it.”

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9. “Speak the language of the person you want to become.”

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10. “Big Dreams start with small unreasonable acts.”

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11. “We have the ability to provide quality education to every child on earth right now.”

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12. “It is the local community that needs to own the commitment to education.”

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13. “Tourists see, and travelers seek.”

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14. “What can a pencil do for all of us? Amazing things. It can write transcendent poetry, uplifting music, or life-changing equations; it can sketch the future, give life to untold beauty, and communicate the full-force of our love and aspirations.”

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15. “Never take no from somebody who cannot say yes.”

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16. “They served as a constant reminder that to achieve exceptional things, you must hold yourself to exceptional standards, regardless of what others may think.”

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17. “For any movement to gain momentum, it must start with a small action. This action becomes multiplied by the masses, and is made tangible when leadership changes course due to the weight of the movement’s voice.”

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18. “In moments of uncertainty, when you must chose between two paths, allowing yourself to be overcome by either the fear of failure or the dimly lit light of possibility, immerse yourself in the life you would be most proud to live.”

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19. “In those moments when priorities clash always stay guided by your values, not your perceived necessities.”

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20. “The single most powerful element of youth is that you don’t have the life experiences to know what can’t be done.”

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21. “I’m not a non-profit person. I think of myself as an entrepreneur who wants to work on global education.”

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22. “It’s the presence of others who are smarter, kinder, wiser, and different from you that enables you to evolve. Those are the people to surround yourself with at all times.”

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23. “Your life should be a story you are excited to tell.”

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24. “When it comes to fundraising for a social enterprise, if you are pursuing your true passion, you’ll learn to become great at your craft because you’ll care so much about perfecting the skills necessary to make that dream a reality.”

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25. “Made with Pencils is grounded in the creativity of a few, propelled by the financial support of many, and most importantly, it’s empowering generations to come. A simple idea, a heartfelt desire, and a world of possibility. A pencil, a promise, and a dream.”

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26. “Your twenties are the time to both accept and fight your way into the person you’re destined to become.”

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27. “Every person has a revolution beating within his or her chest.”

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28. “It always surprises me when donors who operate successful businesses assume that just building a school structure means that a community now has access to education. When creating a business, does renting an office space now mean that you’re producing goods, training staff and generating revenues?”

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29. “The most abundant resources that we possess amongst the 1.5 million nonprofits in the United States are passion and knowledge, yet our most scarce resource is collaboration.”

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30. “I understood that I might fail, but I wouldn’t let it happen because I changed my compass along the way.”

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31. “I could enjoy the life that I had by virtue of the educational attainment that my grandparents and parents had pursued. Education was always incredibly valued in our family.”

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32. “I looked around and acknowledged that what you see around you is proof of what exists within you.”

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33. “A major celebrity is a major brand, and major brands pick very critically what other brands they’re going to associate with. So an A-list celebrity usually picks an A-list brand.”

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34. “The biggest difference between the person who lives his or her dreams and the person who aspires is the decision to convert that first spark of motivation into immediate action.”

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35. “Sometimes you have to show someone that you’re willing to run through a wall before they’ll open the front door.”

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36. “Every great inventor, architect, scientist, and mathematician began as a child holding nothing more then a pencil. That single stick of wood and graphite could enable him to explore worlds within that he would never otherwise access.”

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37. “Sometimes you know something in your head, and other times you know it in your heart. The mind delivers logic and reason, but the heart is where faith resides. In moments of uncertainty, when you must choose between two paths, allowing yourself to be overcome by either the fear of failure or the dimly lit light of possibility, immerse yourself in the life you would be most proud to live.”

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38. “Non is defined as “of little or no consequence: unimportant: worthless.” Worthless? Clearly, something needed to change. Why were we the only industry that introduced itself with a negative when we existed not to reduce profits, but to foster a profusion of purpose? Instead of introducing ourselves by touting what we didn’t do, shouldn’t we share what we did do?”

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39. “This realization led me to institute a personal policy of going off email from Friday night until Sunday morning. I would use my weekends to rest, rejuvenate, and reconnect with those I cherished most. For one day a week, it’s important to allow yourself to be a human being, rather than a human doing.”

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40. “But deep down inside, I was no longer enamored with the life I’d created. The only purpose I was serving was self-interest. While I rarely showed it to outsiders, my happiness waned day after day. A restless voice kept me up at night, telling me that until I found meaning, the money wouldn’t matter.”

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41. “Creating a company means you’re going to go through hell and high water along the way. You need to know the character of the people at your side. Trust is everything.”

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42. “So many of the people I admired – the musicians, the artists, the writers – created their greatest works not during a period of happiness and contentment, but during a period of struggle.”

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43. “How many times have I missed an incredible connection that could have been made because I had my face in my phone instead of paying attention to those around me?”

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44. “In truth we re-create our reputation every day.”

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45. “Weak speakers look down at the floor, good speakers look up but scan the room, great speakers make eye contact selectively, and exceptional speakers deliver every complete thought directly to one person in the audience, making that person feel like the center of the room – and then they move on and do it again.”

— Adam Braun